UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-7141

WILLIAM LEE SCOTT,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL; JOSEPH PICKELSIMER, Superintendent; PIEDMONT CORREC- TIONAL INSTITUTION; MACK JARVIS, Secretary of Correction,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr., District Judge. (CA-97-1158-1)

Submitted: February 23, 1999 Decided: October 13, 1999

Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William Lee Scott, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

William Lee Scott seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying relief on his petition filed under

(West

1994 & Supp. 1998). We have reviewed the record and the district

court’s opinion accepting the recommendation of the magistrate

judge and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny Scott’s

motion to proceed in forma pauperis, deny a certificate of ap-

pealability, and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the dis-

trict court. Scott v. North Carolina Attorney Gen., No. CA-97-

1158-1 (M.D.N.C. June 24, 1998). We dispense with oral argument

because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in

the materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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